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Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 1:24 pm
by Fire7051
Argon of Peristalsis wrote:The topic has been raised in the news again over whether to change the name of the Washington Redskins.
What do you all think?
I say leave it. I am so tired of Political correctness taking away the rights of people. It has been that way since 1932 and who are we to decide that it needs to be changed now.
If we are going to change it though I propose that we take on the Baseketball theory of naming teams and change all of the team names.

Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 1:02 am
by Antison
Fire7051 wrote:
If we are going to change it though I propose that we take on the Baseketball theory of naming teams and change all of the team names.

What are you talking about? I can only think of 2 modern day franchises that have or will be changing their name while NOT moving. The Washington Bullets became the Wizards and the Charlotte Hornets are becoming the Pelicans.
Meanwhile so many NBA teams that moved and should have changed their name, but did not. The Lakers moved from Minneapolis and didn't change there name. How many lakes are there in L.A.? Zero. How prevalent is Jazz in Utah? They moved to Utah from New Orleans where Jazz is huge.
Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 2:30 pm
by Fire7051
tek wrote:Fire7051 wrote:
If we are going to change it though I propose that we take on the Baseketball theory of naming teams and change all of the team names.

What are you talking about? I can only think of 2 modern day franchises that have or will be changing their name while NOT moving. The Washington Bullets became the Wizards and the Charlotte Hornets are becoming the Pelicans.
Meanwhile so many NBA teams that moved and should have changed their name, but did not. The Lakers moved from Minneapolis and didn't change there name. How many lakes are there in L.A.? Zero. How prevalent is Jazz in Utah? They moved to Utah from New Orleans where Jazz is huge.

Tek. Not Basketball The Movie Baseketball. Done by the South Park guys. It is hilarious. They name the teams after what the cities are all about.
Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 2:43 pm
by PK17
I have no idea what movie your talking about, but, you did get me thinking about Semi-Pro, now that is a strange yet funny movie.
Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 3:55 pm
by Fire7051
PK17 wrote:I have no idea what movie your talking about, but, you did get me thinking about Semi-Pro, now that is a strange yet funny movie.
Google BASEketball. Semi-pro has nothing on BASEketball. Although if you can't stand South Park steer clear.
Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 3:58 pm
by PK17
I knew you werent talking about semi-pro. And I know what BASEketball is, I didn't notice how you spelled it in your first post.... Bad movie... but I do enjoy South Park.
My penguins are up 2-1 on NYI!
Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 12:45 am
by Antison
@Pyrizzle
So is Seattle going to steal the Sacramento Kings and rename the Super Sonics? I heard rumors last week that it could happen.
Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 2:21 am
by Pyrizzle
Antison wrote:
@Pyrizzle
So is Seattle going to steal the Sacramento Kings and rename the Super Sonics? I heard rumors last week that it could happen.
Last i heard the Kings are staying where they are at.
Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 4:24 am
by PK17
NO... Ron Burkle (idk about the spelling of his name) is going to buy the team from the Maloofs' and keep them in Sac, not that I care about basketball that much anyway.... Burkle just owns my Pens so I know about it.
Re: Sports Discussion Thread
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:36 am
by Antison
That's to bad, Seattle deserves their team back.